My sweet 2yo is on day 6 of a cold with eye discharge. He has the phlegm-y cough and swollen eyes with goop. My family has all been trading and battling colds of various forms since Halloween. The 2yo has a pretty good immune system and usually fights these things pretty fast. We have been traveling as well, so that hasn't helped the situation, plus he had *just* gotten over the last cold.
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I had not been treating this cold, just waiting for it to go its natural course. Today my mom came to me almost crying and saying that I "needed to do something." I know she means take him to the doctor and get antibiotics and cold medicine. And my husband had been wanting to get Mucinex, which I heard can actually *cause* pink-eye-like-symptoms. Thankfully he didn't get any, but I am definitely feeling the heat to *do something* about his cold. So I have started giving him colloidal silver and putting chamomile tea bags on his eyes. Unfortunately I do not have any breast milk, so I can't go that route. I am thinking about trying shredded potato on his eyes too and, of course, warm washcloths.Â
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Mostly I am just posting this to see what you think about this and if you would like to give any other ideas, feel free to share them.
